06-06-2012, 10:40 AM | #196 |
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I'm listening to (as a re-read) F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and Damned.
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06-08-2012, 12:13 AM | #197 |
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I'm about 2/3 through the second book of David Eddings' Belgariad, but I think I'm going to cut it short. The characters are somewhat engaging, but not umpteen volumes worth. Otherwise, it's about as rote a sword-and-sorcery shtick as you can get, and seems to come from a worldview that puts absurdly strong stock in ethnic/national stereotypes.
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06-08-2012, 12:41 AM | #198 |
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I'm re-listening to the conditioning exercises of the "Silva Mind Control" seminars... for about the 200th time since 1975.
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06-08-2012, 04:13 AM | #200 |
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I'm listening to "Holmes on the Range" by Steve Hockensmith. A cowboy, inspired by the "The Red Headed League" Sherlock Holmes tale, takes to some detectin' of his own in the Wild West. I love both genres, so this is perfect for me.
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06-08-2012, 10:13 AM | #201 | |
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Really though, it reads more like Eddings considers national origin a major determinant of personality and intelligence. |
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06-08-2012, 07:22 PM | #202 |
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I'm currently listening to Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Great story, I'm a sucker for books about books. It's from my public library and I started it the day before he died.
Prior to that I listened to Baltimore Blues by Laura Lippman, the first of the Tess Monaghan PI series, also from the library. Flawed detectives are interesting, naive and passionless ones are not. Tess had the emotional range of a wet dishrag. I'll take a pass on the rest of this series. Tears of the Giraffe by Alexander McCall Smith (from Audible) was not quite as good a story as the first Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency, but it would be hard to match the wonder of that first book. The narrator's soothing voice transports me to Africa and listening to these is a holiday for my mind. Morality for Beautiful Girls is waiting for me on my iPod Touch for the next time I need a getaway. Others from Audible I've listened to in the past month: Way Station by Clifford D. Simak, old timey sci fi; Hard Rain by Barry Eisler, the Japanese setting for this hitman series was fascinating and I enjoyed it enough to put the next two in the series on my library wishlist and buy the one after that at an Audible sale a few weeks ago; Grave Peril by Jim Butcher, 3rd in the fun and escapist Dresden Files series, I'm alternating reading one book and listening to one book in this series; Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, I enjoyed this fanciful journey to London Below and commented on it the bookclub thread. |
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I am also half way through The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and I am really enjoying this one so far. Rupert Degas is a great narrator. |
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06-11-2012, 06:41 AM | #204 | |
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06-11-2012, 06:58 AM | #205 |
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Just finished Neon Rain by James Lee Burke didn't particularly like it found it quite a chore to stick it out all the way to the end. Now listening to Open Season by CJ Box not very far in so far I like the characters but hope it picks up pace.
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06-11-2012, 03:11 PM | #206 | |
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Me and the wife are listening to The Burglar on the Prowl by Lawrence Block. Find it highly enjoyable. Here is a review:
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06-11-2012, 08:46 PM | #207 |
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I'm listening to Redshirts by John Scalzi. While there is a degree of humor in it, it's not really a comedy. It's pretty good.
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06-11-2012, 08:54 PM | #208 |
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Dresden Files #2 was great fun, rolling straight into #3. Oddly, it's reminding me more of the tv series Supernatural than the short-lived DF show.
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06-12-2012, 02:18 AM | #209 | |
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Thanks for reminding me of them. I'll have to see if my library has them. |
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06-13-2012, 03:59 PM | #210 | |
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This query is for all. Is An Audible subscripton worth it? TIA for any responses. |
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